There's a lot of talk that the Indians system is one of the best in the game at the lower levels as of now. Part of that is their recent success signing international prospects.
This fanpost aims to give an overview over the past two completed classes (18/19 technically still open) and to discuss some of those prospects.
Indians 2017-18 J2 class
https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/international-reviews-cleveland-indians-2018/
Budget was 5.75M + 500K (S.Armstrong trade). Almost the entire 5.75 was used for these 21 signings
https://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2017/12/shohei_ohtani_1.html
SS Bracho 1.5M
OF Valera 1.3M
RHP Soteldo 650K
OF Planez 400K
SS Tena 400K
RHP R.Hernandez 320K
SS J.Paulino 315K
SS W.Peralta 300K
SS Rocchio 125K
C/1B Idrogo 90K
OF M.Made 75K
That's 5.465M. 275K combined was further spent on
INF R.Paz
C Planchart
3B J.Noel
OF S.Rodriguez
OF Aguilar
SS M. de la Cruz
RHP Bautista
RHP J.Ramirez
RHP M.Vinicio
LHP A.Figueroa
From December to June they signed another 18 players, all pitchers mostly from DR, presumably with the extra 500K, but no signing bonuses are known. Probably all under 100K.
RHP
J.Vergara , D.Figueroa, R.Cruz, S.Vasquez, J.Zapata, L.Franco, H.Taveras, E.Lopez, D.Martinez, B.Munoz, W.Vasquez, F.Garcia, A.Rubio, D.Noboa, Y.Garcia
LHP
Y.Gervacio, D.Flores, S.Perez
Same with the 2016-17 class, which unearthed a few low cost gems already.
https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2016-international-reviews-cleveland-indians/
RHP C.Vargas 275K
SS M.Gonzalez 250K
RHP T.Thomas 200K (Traded to Pirates in Luplow/Moroff deal)
3B N.Celestin 185K
OF J.Torres 150K (Traded to Cards at last deadline for Mercado)
INF G.Palacios 150K
RHP M.Garcia 140K
2B J.Maestre 125K
INF M.Kelkboom 125K
RHP L.Garcia 100K
1B/3B J.Contreras 100K
RHP I.Feliz 85K (Traded to Padres for W.Lockett, who was later used to trade for Plawecki)
All 4 RHPs of that group have outperformed their bonus already. Both Garcias were promoted in season from DSL to AZL as very young 17yo. The only other prospect who got that treatment was Rocchio.
This impressive RHP group after stealing L.Oviedo for 375K the year before bodes well for R.Hernandez and Soteldo and some smaller signings from the '17/18 class.
Others worth mentioning, no signing bonus known:
3B J.Lopez
RHP J.Paredes
RHP D.Jimenez
C Yainer Diaz
C M.Ramirez
LHP D.Feliz
RHP M.Alvarez
RHP S.Morillo
Lopez is already on FG's radar. Paredes, Diaz, Ramirez and Morillo have performed both in DSL and AZL. Alvarez was very old when he signed (almost 22yo), but reportedly hit 100mph. Jimenez and Feliz are being developed as SP, so worth following.
